Articles tagged Reading
How to Read a Great Book
by Andrew
Sunday, 17 July, 2011
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Sunday, 17 July, 2011
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Before plays had acts and novels had chapters, people still had to figure out the form of the things they read.
In the ancient world, writers seem to have treated the structure of their writing as a game. They used it to hide meanings and to give the reader clues to...
Glorious Freedom
A nice long summer is spreading out before us, and I am remembering the words of Anne of Green Gables. “Ah, summer! Two months of glorious freedom!” she exclaimed on her walk home from the last class of the school year.
As a homeschool mom with two months of “glorious...
Contextual Learning
by Andrew
Tuesday, 19 April, 2011
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
Tuesday, 19 April, 2011
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education
“I have vigorously defended contextual learning in my book because I believe that it is the key to how we learn as well as to the delight we find in learning. Children learn to speak by hearing words used in context, not by memorizing their definitions or studying...
The Living Word
A love of vocabulary might be the most important thing you ever give your kids.
I can’t remember when the passion was instilled in me. My mother read to me every morning and every night, from books which were beautifully written and which often used words I had not...
The Core Chapter 4: The Core of a Classical Education: Reading
by Jennifer
Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
categories: Articles, Classical Christian Education, Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life
The Core Chapter 4: The Core of a Classical Education: Reading
by Jennifer Courtney
I hope this article finds you enjoying some good books and some pleasant fall weather. In Part 2 of our series on Leigh’s book The Core, we will look at teaching your children to read....